Match Prediction: Team Secret - OB Esports x Neon | Dota 2
ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021The ONE Esports Singapore Major playoffs are in full swing. There are 6 teams left in the championship, and the events of the last days show that each of the contenders deserves victory.
However, no matter how romantic this major may look, you need to try to assess the situation soberly. Especially when the fuse pushes you to rash decisions.
Form Team Secret
Actually, I didn't think that I would have to consider Secret as a loser at this stage of the tournament. This could have happened in the TOP-3, but after a year of Secret's intra-regional domination, feelings have dulled, and as we see it for the worse.
However, something too sad outcome is drawn. In fact, Secret is not bad at all.
Team Secret's last 5 matches
- Defeat Alliance 2-1
- Defeat High Coast Esports 2-0
- Defeat OG 2-1
- Beat Thunder Predator 2-0
- Lost to PSG.LGD with a score of 0-2
Yes, Secret fell into the lower bracket. No, this is clearly not a sentence.
However, who would have thought that fears about the future of Secret in the tournament would be caused by OB Esports x Neon. And they call.
OB Esports x Neon Form
OB Esports x Neon's Filipinos deserve all the praise and accolades. Personally, this team just fell in love with themselves, and watching their games is a real delight.
OB Esports x Neon, playfully in an incomplete roster, who replaced a player twice during the tournament, have already made it to the TOP-6. And we cannot say that they were lucky, the net is light and other nonsense.
OB Esports x Neon play in the best traditions of that very yolo-dota, picking carry furion and leshrac, shuffling roles and simply pushing rivals into their own fountain. What to say if skem has already played 14 (!) Heroes.
Results of the last 5 OB Esports x Neon meetings
- Draw against Thunder Predator 1-1
- Draw against Alliance 1-1
- Defeat Team Liquid 2-0
- Defeat Fnatic 2-1
- Vici Gaming 2-1 victory
Everything looks just awesome, but all good things must end sooner or later. And considering that Team Secret is ahead...
Personal meeting history
Previously, OB Esports x Neon and Team Secret have not met face-to-face. The match within the lower playoff bracket of ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 by PGL will be the first.
Match outcome
No matter how cool OB Esports x Neon showed themselves, it seems to me that the Filipino five have already shown their maximum. Yet one of the most experienced teams in the world in history is playing against them, and therefore the victory over them looks a little unrealistic.
Today I no longer believed in OB Esports x Neon and regretted it. However, I will do it again, and therefore the victory for Secret.
Result: Team Secret victory.
Team Secret and Neon Esports play in the lower bracket of the playoffs of ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021.
Neon Esports - they have been playing in the tournament for a long time, from the group stage. There was an opinion that all the guys had already shown at the tournament, but that was not the case. The neons were able to outplay fnatic first, and then Vici Gaming. In general, I was unexpected that Neon Esports would beat Vici Gaming, but deep down there was a doubt about Vici's play, Ori and poyoyo's extremely unsuccessful play. More on Neon Esports: the team rates Puck, takes Death Prophet for three, often chooses Pangolier for four, and Nature's Prophet should be wary of in their pool.
Team Drafts
- Take on carry: Nature`s Prophet, Leshrac, Medusa, top five: Abaddon, Spirit Breaker, Elder Titan
- In hard on three: Leshrac, Death Prophet, Nature`s Prophet, on four: Pangolier, Tusk, Puck
- Mid: Puck, Earth Spirit, Void Spirit
- Neon Esports bans: Timbersaw, Phoenix, Alchemist, Monkey King
- Banned against Neon Esports: IO, Tusk, Death Prophet
Team Secret - it seems that the team really believed in themselves and their strategies after the victory of Thunder Predator, with PSG.LGD extremely bad draft on the first and third decisive maps. Gradually they began to abandon Mars, with which they managed to win. In the first map with PSG.LGD did not like Vengerful Spirit on the five, which was taken exclusively from Monkey King. In the second, a good draft and a bunch: Alchemist + Oracle in easy, Venomancer + Earth Spirit in hard. On the third map, a very incomprehensible Bane, who practically did nothing in the game, he was on the last pick.
PSG.LGD crushed them and surprised them with Lycan's pick against Monkey King and Windranger, who were unlocked in the second stage, but kept Bane. In general, Team Secret should get involved and work with drafts further, not invent a bicycle, not open two cows early and give them the opportunity to close them in the second stage or last dive. The Secrets play well individually, with PSG.LGD we made only a couple of draft mistakes and that's it.
Team Drafts
- Carry: Mars, Troll Warlord, Alchemist, Phantom Assasin, top five: Enchantress, Oracle, Bane, Vengerful Spirit
- In hard on three: Pangolier, Venomancer, Windranger, on four: Tusk, Earth Spirit, Mirana
- Mid: Ember Spirit, Puck, Queen of Pain, Timbersaw
- Team Secret bans: Puck, Death Prophet, Oracle, Mars, Phoenix
Banned against Team Secret: IO, Timbersaw, Alchemist, Lone Druid, Enchantress
Prediction: Team Secret vs. Neon Esports in the Lower Bracket of ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021
I am almost sure of the victory of Team Secret, the defeat by PSG.LGD is due to the mistakes of Clement Puppey Ivanov, and not directly to the complete superiority of the Chinese team. The Secrets should easily outplay Neon Esports, despite the good performance from the Southeast Asian team.
Bookmakers give odds of 1.208 for Team Secret and 4.9 for Neon Esports. In general, there is no point in simply betting on the victory of the Secret, I advise you to give preference to the score 2: 0, although Neons may surprise you.
Prediction: Team Secret will defeat Neon Esports with a score of 2: 0 by maps - odds 1.63
So the fairy tale for Neon is coming to an end, they showed an excellent game when they replaced Rappy with Deth, but unfortunately this replacement will no longer help them win the match against experienced Secret. Team Secret, if they don't think too much at the draft stage, will beat Neon 2-0, we all saw perfectly well what Puppey did in terms of drafts on the third map against LGD, and you all understand that it was a complete shock. I am sure that he drew conclusions from that match and now he will collect his thoughts and take normal heroes, perhaps they just wanted to reach the final through the lower bracket, but the opponents at this stage are not weak there, and this is a fact. In this match Team Secret will win 2-0 and I will bet on that result.
I recommend betting on 2-0 from Team Secret.
Bookmakers & Statistics
At the moment, the majority of bookmakers unanimously see the team Team Secret as the favorite of the game with average odds on a victory in the sum of 1.427. OB Esports x Neon chances to prevail are evaluated with average odds 4.232 by bookmakers.
If your opinion is similar to the one, which is provided by experts in bookmaker companies and you want to bet on Team Secret, the best odds on their victory can be found at — 2.6. If you think that OB Esports x Neon are going to win, the best thing will be to bet at . This bookmaker provides the best odds on their victory in the sum of 6.25.